Forza Horizon 4 won't launch

Anonymous
2019-10-16T01:00:04+00:00

It ran great until I bought the Ultimate Add-Ons bundle, now it simply crashes after showing the splash screen for 30 seconds.

From the event viewer:

The program ForzaHorizon4.exe version 0.0.0.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel.

 Process ID: 121c

 Start Time: 01d583bbce819799

 Termination Time: 4294967295

 Application Path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SunriseBaseGame_1.351.461.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ForzaHorizon4.exe

 Report Id: b51b6c95-35dd-4832-9833-a776463cae39

 Faulting package full name: Microsoft.SunriseBaseGame_1.351.461.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

 Faulting package-relative application ID: SunriseReleaseFinal

 Hang type: Activation

Edit 12/13/2019: After installing the latest update last night, the game seemed to start fine. I will continue to update this post with status.

Edit 12/14/2019: The game no longer starts.

Edit 12/28/2019: See user realcoda's post on page 5 for a solution. Be sure to back up everything on your PC before attempting as it involves editing your registry.

Edit 2/19/2020: The game runs after today's patch.

Edit 2/21/2020: Today's patch has reintroduced the original issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-09T18:49:48+00:00

    I sill recommend for everyone that his this exact issue to create a ticket here

    https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us

    Explaining your issue, and then linking as much proof as you can of others having this issue, so links to this page we're on right now, and other examples of people having the same issue, this shows that the issue is bigger than just a small percentage, if we can get the awareness out that it's a bigger issue than it sounds, they are more likely to be inclined on investigating it! 

    So please take the small time and create a ticket!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-09T17:22:30+00:00

    I am super confused now. 

    I purchased Forza Horizon 4 in 2018. 

    I had the Gamepass active until now and recently canceled it. 

    Now that the gamepass is canceled, the Xbox app tells me i need to purchase the Gamepass in order to play Forza Horizon 4. 

    If i try to check the games i own in the menu, the Xbox app "Crashes" and tells me it needs a restart to fix this issue (Surprise, it doesn't fix it). 

    If i try to lookup my games on the normal Windows Store, i get an empty page. 

    If i try to open Forza Horizon via the Search in the Windows Store, i get an error message that the page could not be loaded. 

    What the ****?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-08T20:10:29+00:00

    It's without doubt frustrating I keep getting told "it still shows your Xbox live as not Active" So I have sent screenshots proving it is active and the game still will not load, at least the Forza team are responding unlike Microsoft , I've even checked to see if it could be something with my PC but it shows it's above the recommended system requirements according to 

    https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/forza-horizon-4/17900

    Which gives a download to check the PC so it's definitely NOT my PC at fault. It's probably a missing dll or something daft which isn't mentioned on their site I had to install VCRuntime140.dll to get this far which is VC 2015 Redistributable Package in case you're wondering but again that's not mentioned any where which is annoying

    Forza are checking my dxdiag, I have added every Redistributable Package made.

    Automated reply

    Thanks for taking the time out to report this issue in! It's definitely troubling to hear that happen in the game and we want to make Forza the best racing game possible for fans and players like yourself.

    We are currently investigating this issue and I've added your information to our investigation. I am marking this ticket as "Solved" as we do not require more information from you for our investigation and are working on a fix. We don't need to bother you with a ton of questions or troubleshooting tips, as its being worked on by our devs already.

    We will send out an announcement to the Community when we have a resolution.

    Thank you for taking the time to write in on this!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-08T19:55:25+00:00

    we live in hope. I spent all day trying to get new pc to run it but another day wasted. I got refund on add-ons so I thought I would uninstall and re download the original version...hours wasted. yet it works on old pc after about 10 times launching it. you would think after all the hassle its caused they would exchange the game for the ultimate game,and let me keep that. but not a chance basic game now ...runs so slow on my old pc.

    I will post any response if that ever happens

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-08T17:45:54+00:00

    I hope so otherwise it's money wasted and will deter me from buying games and sticking with cracked games at least support with other games is 100pct

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